Next weekend is the 2012 iteration of Tougeki -Super Battle Opera- tournament series in Japan. In preparation for the event, we are going to take a look at all the players and teams that qualified for each game. To start off, this first edition will be about returning game Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

Some of you guys saw the news that Daigo Umehara won't be going to participate with his team composed of Haitani and Momochi after the former won the team spot from the Chou Tougeki singles qualifier. This leaves the team in a current handicap of two members while every other qualifying team has three players each. For the other qualified teams, there are the players you would mostly expect that would get their spots including Nuki, Kokujin, RX, Tominaga, Vanao, Boss, MOV, Ochibi and Rikimaru. A very notable spot is Kuroda qualifying with Boss and MOV using Oro. Rikimaru and Ochibi's team has KO but can they break the curse where KO never wins a Tougeki year despite his excellent skill?

The finals tournament will be on day two of Tougeki 2012 along with Aquapazza, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Persona 4 Arena. You can check out the full qualifying teams including two of the international spots after the jump (thank you Hismit for the help)!